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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up172arrow-down5·1 year agoMicrosoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
minus-squarePHLAK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·edit-21 year agoSo does Google though if we’re being honest.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMicrosoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me. But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·1 year agoShouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 year agoWhy not both? I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoWell one is trying to crack down on people using adblockers and the other is lobbying governments they don’t pay taxes to so that they are allowed to continue using forced ethnic slavery to make their products.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYou think Google is going out of their way to ensure their devices are made in ethical factories?
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·1 year agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·1 year agoOr in: 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 (2022) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoKuduos to you doing your HW. :)
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 year agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoFor anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
minus-squareDarorad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoIt might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.
Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
So does Google though if we’re being honest.
Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.
But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
Shouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
Why not both?
I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
Well one is trying to crack down on people using adblockers and the other is lobbying governments they don’t pay taxes to so that they are allowed to continue using forced ethnic slavery to make their products.
You think Google is going out of their way to ensure their devices are made in ethical factories?
Yes they do!
That didn’t work in the 90s.
Or in:
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
It might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.